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Jeffrey J. Mariotte

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Jeffrey J. Mariotte is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 70 novels, including the Cody Cavanaugh western series, historical western epic Blood and Gold: The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta (with Peter Murrieta), thrillers Empty Rooms and The Devil's Bait, supernatural thrillers Season of the Wolf, Missing White Girl, River Runs Red, and Cold Black Hearts, horror epic The Slab, and the Dark Vengeance teen horror quartet. With wife and writing partner Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell, he wrote the sf/horror/thriller 7 SYKOS and Mafia III: Plain of Jars, the authorized prequel to the bestselling video game. His most recent release is the short story collection Byrd's Luck & Other Stories, comprising five "trad ...more

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What are you currently working on?

Jeffrey J. Mariotte I'm currently working on so much!

I'm trying to promote my new thriller, Empty Rooms, as much as I can. But I'm also working on multiple short stories …moreI'm currently working on so much!

I'm trying to promote my new thriller, Empty Rooms, as much as I can. But I'm also working on multiple short stories with my writing partner, Marsheila Rockwell. I'm working on some comic book stuff with her and with my son David. With Marsheila (Marcy), I'm working on a novel, and I'm working on another one solo (the next Frank Robey and Richie Krebbs thriller, following Empty Rooms).

There's probably other stuff I'm forgetting about, but given the workload, forgetting a project or two isn't necessarily a bad thing...(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jeffrey J. Mariotte My most recent book, Empty Rooms, is a very dark thriller. Before I wrote it, I wrote a book called Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers and Oth…moreMy most recent book, Empty Rooms, is a very dark thriller. Before I wrote it, I wrote a book called Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers and Other Deviants, which told the real stories of every criminal mentioned on the first five seasons of the TV show Criminal Minds, and of some whose crimes inspired episodes but weren't mentioned by name. As you can imagine, that involved a ton of research into some of the worst crimes and criminals in history--just some really terrible people doing terrible things.

Doing that research, having all those horrific facts swimming around in my head, I started thinking about people who have to deal with such awful situations on a daily basis. How do homicide or sex crimes detectives cope with the stuff they see every day and still remain human? The more I dug around in that, the more the novel started to come together. It's about a cop and an ex-cop teaming up to solve a very cold case of a missing little girl. That case leads them into some incredibly dark places--but in addition to being about the case, it's about how they maintain their humanity while they're looking into it. A lot of the research I had done for the Criminal Minds book came in handy on the novel, because it enable me to write a realistically creepy villain, as well as to have a solid grounding in what would go into solving the case.(less)

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	Witch's Canyon (Supernatural, #2) by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author), Jeff Mariotte, Eric Kripke 3.95 avg rating — 4,586 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel Omnibus by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author), Jeff Mariotte, Jay Faerber 4.19 avg rating — 1,290 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author), Jeff Mariotte 4.05 avg rating — 1,086 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author), Steve Niles, Jeff Mariotte 3.93 avg rating — 1,072 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch Season: Summer & Fall by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author), Jeff Mariotte 3.42 avg rating — 1,027 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Xander Years, Vol. 2 (The Xander Years, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 656 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirror Image (Charmed, #19) by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author), Jeff Mariotte, Constance M. Burge 3.90 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Survival of the Fittest (Charmed, #26) by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author), Jeff Mariotte, Constance M. Burge (Series Creator) 3.98 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel: Haunted 4.21 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer (Witch Season, #1) by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author), Jeff Mariotte 3.47 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Book, New Imprint: Byrd's Luck & Other Western Stories

Western fiction publishers are few and far between, and getting fewer all the time. One of the biggest, Five Star, shut down its Western division altogether, and now is only putting out a very few books in large-print editions, primarily intended for libraries. Kensington, the biggest publisher of mass-market Western paperbacks–the traditional format for Westerns going back to WWII–announced last Read more of this blog post »

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Angel Comics (Buffy Vampire Slayer) (29 books)
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Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author)

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30 Days of Night novels (6 books)
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Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Goodreads Author),

Steve Niles

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Witch Season (4 books)
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Jeff Mariotte

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Desperadoes (5 books)
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Alberto Dose (Illustrator)

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NCIS New Orleans (1 book)
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3.92 avg rating — 93 ratings

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“You can give me detention. Oh, wait, that's right...you aren't the boss of me. So I guess you can just bite me.”
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“Dean, having worked with Dad longer, was used to taking orders. More than that, he seemed to thrive on it, as if Dad had crushed the independent spirit he’d been born with.”
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